INJURY
INJURY TO
INJURY TO ONE OF THE NUGGETS TOP STARS. WE START NINETYS AT FIVE WITH
THE DECISION TO PAUSE THE USE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S COVID
VACCINE THE RECOMMENDDATION
FROM THE FDA AND THE CDC COMING
AFTER REPORTS OF SIX RARE CASES
OF SEVERE TYPE OF BLOOD CLOTS.
THAT'S AFTER NEARLY SEVEN
MILLION DOSES OF THAT VACCINE
WERE GIVEN OUT.
IT'S ALARMING BUT TO PUT IT
ANOTHER WAY, THE ODDS ARE
SIMILAR TO BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
THE NATION'S TOP COVID EXPERTS
CALL IT A ONE IN A MILLION
SITUATION BUT ONE THAT REQUIRES
AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
THE UNUSUAL BLOOD CLOTS IN
THE SINUSUS HAPPENED SIX TO 13
DAYS AFTER GETTING THE VACCINE.
THEY'VE HAPPENED TO WOMEN
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND
FORTY NINE ONE QUESTION NOW IS
WHETHER THIS IS JUST A
COINCIDENCE OR IF THERE IS A
CONNECTION TO THE VACCINE.
THE OTHER BIG QUESTION IS WHEN
WILL THE PAUSE END AND USE
OF JOHNSON JOHNSON'S VACCINE
RESUME TODAY DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPECULATE AS
TO WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OFTEN
WHEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THIS
THAT YOU PAUSE AND COMBACK
WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENS NOW
I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT BUT I CAN
TELL YOU THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THE CDC AND FDA PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE DECIDING ON AND
LOOKING AT VERY CAREFULLY IN
LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR DR.
FALTA WILL BE JOINING LESTER
HOLT ON NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AND
YOU CAN GET THE DOCTOR'S LATEST
ADVICE RIGHT HERE AT FIVE
THIRTY.
THERE IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING
TAKING PLACE AMONG THE NATION'S
VACCINE EXPERTS TOMORROW.
AT THAT POINT WE MAY LEARN MORE
ABOUT THIS PAUSE OR IF IT IS
MORE THAN ONE IN A MILLION WHEN
IT COMES TO VACCINES AND WHAT
THE STATES WILL BE ADVISED TO
DO GOING FORWARD.
MEANWHILE, THE WHITE HOUSE
COVID COORDINATOR TALKED ABOUT
WHETHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE
HESITANT ABOUT GETTING A
VACCINE WITH TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOSES OF PFIZER AND MODERNA.
THE FDA ACTING THE WAY THEY DID
TODAY SHOWS THAT THEY ARE
INDEED THE GOLD STANDARD AND
I THINK THAT SHOULD REASSURE
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT THEY
WILL BE VERY DILIGENT AND
CONSERVATIVE IN HOW THEY
APPROACH THE VACCINES.
COLORADO'S CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER IS ALSO WARNING PEOPLE
TO EXPECT TO HEAR MORE THAN
JUST ABOUT THOSE SIX CASES
ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING.
DR. ERIC FRANTZ SAYS NOW THAT
HOSPITALS AND PROVIDERS KNOW TO
LOOK FOR THIS IN PATIENTS THERE
MAY BE MORE CASES DISCOVERED.
HE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE FACT
THAT DOCTORS DON'T KNOW IF THIS
IS JUST A COINCIDENCE OR IF
THERE IS A CONNECTION TO
THE VACCINE.
DR. FRANCE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT
THOSE REACTIONS TO JMJ THAT
HAPPENED AT THE DIXMOOR IN
GOODS MASS VACCINE SITE
RECENTLY.
HE SAID THOSE REACTIONS WERE
TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THOSE
CASES PEOPLE FELT DIZZY AND
LIGHTHEADED RIGHT AFTER GETTING
THE SHOT.
HE ATTRIBUTED THOSE 11 CASES TO
PEOPLE BEING ANXIOUS OR FLUSHED
BECAUSE OF THE MOMENT.
NOW IF YOU HAD JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON APPOINTMENT EXPECTED TO
BE OFFERED THE MODERNA OR
PFIZER VACCINE INSTEAD YOU
SHOULD BE CONTACTED ABOUT THAT
REPLACEMENT IF YOU STILL WANT
THE ONE AND DONE SHOT WITH JMJ,
YOU WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE
ONCE ONCE IT IS APPROVED FOR
USE AGAIN.
MEANWHILE, IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE YOU
CAN STILL CALL THE STATE'S
HOTLINE THAT NUMBER IS EIGHT
SEVEN SEVEN TWO SIX EIGHT TO
NINE TO SIX GOVRNOR PLUS
DISCUSS THE VACCINE
DEVELOPMENTS WHILE UPDATING
THE STATE ON THE VIRUS
SITUATION IN COLORADO TODAY HE
MADE IT CLEAR THE RISK OF NOT
GETTING A COVID VACCINE AND
BECOMING INFECTED IS MUCH
GREATER THAN THE DANGER FROM
ANY SIDE EFFECT.
THE KEY QUESTION HERE IS IS
THERE ANY STATISTICAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND PEOPLE
WHO HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED
WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THESE
SIDE EFFECTS?
WE KNOW THAT ONE THING IS SURE
COVID-19 IS SEVERAL ORDERS
OF MAGNITUDE MORE DANGEROUS
THAN THE LIMITED REPORTING
OF ANY OF THESE INCIDENCES
OF SIDE EFFECTS FROM VACCINES.
NOTHING I KNOW ABOUT JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON WOULD DETER ME FROM
GETTING THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE TOMORROW.
WELL, SO FAR JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON HAS ONLY MADE UP A
SMALL FRACTION OF THE TOTAL
VACCINE DOSES HERE IN COLORADO
TO THIS POINT NEARLY THREE
POINT THREE MILLION DOSES HAVE
BEEN GIVEN OUT SO FAR IN OUR
STATE.
MODANO VACCINES ACCOUNT FOR
MORE THAN ONE POINT FIVE
MILLION THAT NUMBER EVEN MORE
DOSES OF PFIZER HAVE BEEN GIVEN
OUT SO FAR.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON GOT A LATER
START AND SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN
FAR LESS THAN THE OTHER TWO OUT
OF THOSE MORE THAN THREE POINT
THREE MILLION DOSES IN OUR
STATE JMJ ACCOUNTS FOR JUST ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO THOUSAND
SO FAR AND PFIZER IS HOPING TO
PICK UP THE SLACK NATIONWIDE
THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY
THE PAUSE IN JMJ PFIZER'S CEO
SAYS HIS COMPANY HAS RAMPED UP
PRODUCTION AND CAN DELIVER 10
PERCENT MORE DOSES TO THE US BY
THE END OF MAY.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE FULL
THREE HUNDRED MILLION SUPPLY
THAT WAS ORDERED SHOULD BE
DELIVERED IN TOTAL BY THE END
OF JULY.
THAT'S TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN
EXPECTED.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE
THE NEWS ABOUT THE JAY AND JAY
VACCINE WITH A DOSE OF CONTEXT.
REMEMBER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
SIX REPORTS OF A SEVERE TYPE
OF BLOOD CLOT AFTER MORE THAN
SIX POINT EIGHT MILLION DOSES
OF THE VACCINE.
DR. MICHELLE BARRONG WITH U.S.
HEALTH DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE WHO
GOT THE SHOT TO WORRY.
I WOULD TELL ALMOST EVERYONE
THAT GOT THE SHOT AND REASSURE
THEM THAT WE ARE PROTECTED
AGAINST KOLILA THE LIKELIHOOD
OF YOU HAVING GETTING AN
INFECTION WITH KOLILA IS A
THOUSAND MULTIPLE THOUSANDS
OF TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN IT
WOULD BE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE
COMPLICATIONS.
AND FOR NOW ANYONE SCHEDULED TO
GET THE JOHNSON JOHNSON VACCINE
IN COLORADO WILL GET THE PFIZER
MEDICINE VACCINES CDPHE SAYS
COLORADO'S MOBILE VACCINATION
BUSSES WON'T BE RUNNING TODAY
OR TOMORROW.
THOSE BUSSES HAVE ONLY BEEN
USING THE JNJ VACCINE.
WELL, THERE IS SO MUCH TO KEEP
TRACK OF THESE DAYS AND ALL
OF THIS IS HAPPENING WHILE
COLORADO IS CLOSING IN ON A
MAJOR CHANGE AS FAR AS
THE STATE'S COVID RESTRICTIONS
BY THE END OF THE WEEK MOST
OF THE DECISIONS WILL BE
SWITCHING TO LOCAL CONTROL.
THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
RULES AND MASKS AND MASS
GATHERINGS BUT COUNTIES WILL
GET TO DECIDE MUCH MORE
DEPENDING ON CASES IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
AS OF FRIDAY, MOST OF THE
DENVER METRO AREA WILL BE
MOVING TO WHAT IS BEING CALLED
PHASE ONE.
PHASE ONE IS THE MOVE TOWARDS A
FULL REOPENING AND MAY LAST
THROUGH MID-MAY.
THE METRO AREA WILL REVIEW
CAPACITY LIMITS AND OTHER
REQUIRMENTS DURING A 30 DAY
PERIOD THAT AROUND SIX EIGHT
THE BAYAUD DENVER IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE TO PHASE TWO WHICH IS
CALLED AN OBSERVATION PERIOD
WHICH WILL LAST INTO AUGUST.
COUNTIES CAN MOVE INTO A NEW
LEVEL CALLED LEVEL CLEAR THAT
ONE HAS NO RESTRICTIONS.
BUSINESSES MAY BE ABLE TO
OPERATE AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
AT THAT TIME BUT INDOOR MASK
REQUIRMENTS MAY STILL APPLY.
THE SEVERITY OF COVID
INFECTIONS WILL DRIVE
THE CHANGES IN THE METRO AREA
AND THE METRO AREA CONTINUES TO
WORK TOGETHER ON THIS BECAUSE
SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE, COMMUTE
AND WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS
AROUND DENVER TODAY GOVRNOR
SAID THE STATE'S DAILY
POSITIVITY RATE IS NOW ABOVE
SEVEN PERCENT.
HE SAYS REGARDLESS OF THE
CHANGES, HE STILL PLANS TO MOVE
AWAY FROM THAT DIAL SYSTEM
LATER THIS WEEK.
THE GOVERNOR EXPECTS CASES TO
CONTINUE TO GO UP BEFORE THEY
START
GO
GO BACK
GO BACK DOWN. HE'S ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO GET TESTED AND THERE ARE NEW
OPTIONS INCLUDING AT HOME
TESTS.
NINETYS REPORTER VICTORIA DE
LEON HAS A CLOSER LOOK.
THOSE OPTIONS TRACKING
THE VIRUS ISN'T EASY WHEN
TESTING SITES LOOK LIKE THIS
FROM A DISTANCE YOU MAY NOT
EVEN BE ABLE TO HELP.
THEY'RE OPEN BUT CASES ARE
RISING EVEN THOUGH TESTING IS
WIDELY AVAILABLE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH THE STATE
EXPANDED THEIR FREE AT HOME
RAPID TEST PROGRAM TO ANYONE
WHO HAS TO INTERACT WITH
THE PUBLIC AT WORK.
SO IT'S REALLY AN EASY SOLUTION
AND A GREAT WAY FOR US AS
BUSINESS OWNERS TO FEEL
CONFIDENT.
BRITT SWANSON WORKS IN
THE EVENTS INDUSTRY.
SHE SAYS THE TEST PROVIDES AN
EXTRA LAYER OF PROTECTION THEY
EXPECT MORE GATHERINGS IN
THE FUTURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WITH THE DOOING HAVING SUCH A
HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
VACCINATED IN THE STATE AND IN
THE STATE PROVIDING THESE TESTS
AT NO COST TO THE BUSINESS
OWNERS I MEAN YOU CAN'T GET IN
A BETTER SITUATION WITH
THE VIRUS STILL BEING AROUND,
TEST KITS ARE DIRECTLY
DELIVERED TO YOU AND RESULTS
ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN
20 MINUTES.
NINETYS HEALTH EXPERT DR.
PIKOLI SAYS SHE'S GLAD
THE STATE IS RAMPING UP TESTING
EFFORTS BUT REMINDS PEOPLE THAT
RAPID TESTS CAN COME WITH A
TRADE.
SO IF YOU TEST POSITIVE YOU
FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT
LIKELY A TRUE POSITIVE AND
THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE OF THE
BINAX THAT TEST.
BUT THE OPPOSITE IS NOT TRUE IF
YOU TEST NEGATIVE THEY DON'T
ACTUALLY PERFORM THAT WELL FOR
ADVICE.
IF YOUR TEST COMES OUT
NEGATIVE, GET A PCR TEST JUST
TO BE SURE ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS AND
TESTING IS GOING TO BE OUR EYES
.
TELL US WHERE THE VIRUS IS
GOING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
VACCINES ARE GETTING INTO ARMS
BUT THE VIRUS HASN'T GONE AWAY.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT BUT
TESTING SITES ARE STILL TESTING
MCSO DELEON NINETYS AND THE FF8
TELLS US MORE THAN 2500
COLORADANS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR
THE BINAX HOME TESTING PROGRAM
SINCE LAST WEEK.
YOU CAN ENROLL